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QUEEN Elizabeth II, who celebrated her 81st birthday Saturday, looks likely to bestow the title of Prince Consort on her husband, Prince Philip, to mark the occasion of their 60th wedding anniversary later this year. “The Duke of Edinburgh has been consort in all but name since her coronation,” says royals commentator Richard Mineards, columnist for the Santa Barbara News-Press. “But it’s one way of honoring her husband for his outstanding work during her reign.” Philip will be the first Prince Consort in 150 years, the last being Prince Albert, the tragically short-lived husband of Queen Victoria, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch.